Patent SG-11201901186T-A (SG)
Title: An integrated sensor assembly of a respiratory therapy system
Inventor: HAMILTON MARK SAMUEL
IPC: G01F1/42
Filed: 2017-10-09
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1111111101111011101010111110111110111111011101111111111111011011111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/070880 Al 19 April 2018 (19.04.2018) WIP0 1 PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: HAMILTON, Mark Samuel; 15 Maurice A61M 16/00 (2006.01) GOLF 1/42 (2006.01) Paykel Place, East Tamaki, Auckland, 2013 (NZ). GRIM- GOIF 1/37 (2006.01) GOLF 1/36 (2006.01) MER, Alan John; 15 Maurice Paykel Place, East Tamaki, GOLF 1/34 (2006.01) Auckland, 2013 (NZ). KURIGER, Donald Roy; 15 Mau- (21) International Application Number: rice Paykel Place, East Tamaki, Auckland, 2013 (NZ). PCT/NZ2017/050129 (74) Agent: BALDWINS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PO BOX 852, Wellington, 6011 (NZ). (22) International Filing Date: 09 October 2017 (09.10.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 62/406,730 11 October 2016 (11.10.2016) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, LIMITED [NZ/NZ]; 15 Maurice Paykel Place, East Tama- OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, ki, Auckland, 2013 (NZ). (54) Title: AN INTEGRATED SENSOR ASSEMBLY = = = _ = 33 -- Q _-_-,.. OF A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM 11111 / 1 Cr.ii 1 E6 I ( 011 '7 1 '''' 0 . 1' '' 11 ' 1- _______ -a - - -.- - - --- Www ANIOI 21 23- = = — 31------) = 25A --) (W ir N I. liiimmimummommounuf l cli = 35 = 1111111111111=111111 _ 25 = 29 I _ _ = 1 , I '-- A Figure 2 ,-1 .4 C:::: ) (57) : A flow generator (21) for a respiratory therapy system configured to deliver GO ot a housing (27) comprising an inlet (28) and an outlet (25) and a gas flow path between the © mounted within the housing (27) for rotation about an axis, the impeller configured to be C gas flow along the gas flow path. Various embodiments are disclosed in which the flow generator (21) further comprises a sensor (23) ---. mounted in the housing (27) in the gas flow path and configured to detect a property of the 0 1-1 0 in the outlet (25) so as to project into the gas flow path. Flow generator may comprise an © In another embodiment the sensor (23) may be mounted in the inlet (28). ei a breathable gas flow to a patient comprises inlet (28) and outlet (25). An impeller is rotationally driven by a motor to provide a gas flow. The sensor (23) may be mounted axial inlet (28) and a tangential outlet (25). C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/070880 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMBIIMBEIHMEHOIMI SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))